Fleas
Flea season generally starts in the late summer and can last into October. The
cat fleas is the most common fleas found on dogs and cats in this area. The
female starts laying eggs within 48 hours after finding a susceptible host animal.
The female flea drinks the animals blood and produces about 30 eggs a day, and
lives on that animal for several weeks unless killed or removed.
Fleas eggs are white and about .5 mm in length. They hatch in 1 - 10 days and
become larvae.
Larvae are 2 - 5 mm in length, white color and change color after feeding. They
avoid light and migrate to the deep layers of carpet or under grass. This stage
lasts for 5 - 11 days. It is this stage that lives well in carpet especially nylon carpet
because it burrows to the deep layers where it lives and develops a silk cocoon
much like other insects do. This is the formant stage and the flea is quite difficult
to eradicate while in this part of the life cycle and can survive for up to 140 days,
but usually erupts from this stage in 21 days.
As you can see from the previous information the fleas your pet may have is
prolific, long live and can be very difficult to eradicate from the areas where your
pet lives. Effective flea control must be attained by the use of the proper products
and patience to allow these products to eliminate the flea population. We can kill
all the fleas on a pet fairly easily, but they pick up more and the problem
continues, so we must treat both the pet and the environment in which they live.
Carpeting should be vacuumed well before treating with a premise spray. When
vacuuming is done be sure to throw out the vacuum bag in a trash can outside of
the house in order to avoid letting the fleas crawl out of the bag again in the
house. Fleas love wet and dark places in which they thrive well. So Do Not
shampoo your carpeting before treating. This will only create more problems in
eliminating the fleas.
We hope you found this information enlightening in fleas control for your pets. If
you have any other questions about our fleas products or general questions feel
free to give us a call!
Flea season generally starts in the late summer and can last into October. The
cat fleas is the most common fleas found on dogs and cats in this area. The
female starts laying eggs within 48 hours after finding a susceptible host animal.
The female flea drinks the animals blood and produces about 30 eggs a day, and
lives on that animal for several weeks unless killed or removed.
Fleas eggs are white and about .5 mm in length. They hatch in 1 - 10 days and
become larvae.
Larvae are 2 - 5 mm in length, white color and change color after feeding. They
avoid light and migrate to the deep layers of carpet or under grass. This stage
lasts for 5 - 11 days. It is this stage that lives well in carpet especially nylon carpet
because it burrows to the deep layers where it lives and develops a silk cocoon
much like other insects do. This is the formant stage and the flea is quite difficult
to eradicate while in this part of the life cycle and can survive for up to 140 days,
but usually erupts from this stage in 21 days.
As you can see from the previous information the fleas your pet may have is
prolific, long live and can be very difficult to eradicate from the areas where your
pet lives. Effective flea control must be attained by the use of the proper products
and patience to allow these products to eliminate the flea population. We can kill
all the fleas on a pet fairly easily, but they pick up more and the problem
continues, so we must treat both the pet and the environment in which they live.
Carpeting should be vacuumed well before treating with a premise spray. When
vacuuming is done be sure to throw out the vacuum bag in a trash can outside of
the house in order to avoid letting the fleas crawl out of the bag again in the
house. Fleas love wet and dark places in which they thrive well. So Do Not
shampoo your carpeting before treating. This will only create more problems in
eliminating the fleas.
We hope you found this information enlightening in fleas control for your pets. If
you have any other questions about our fleas products or general questions feel
free to give us a call!
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Ticks
Tick season is usually at the beginning of the summer and lasts into the fall but, may
begin earlier if the temperature is unseasonably warmer than usual.
Tick season is usually at the beginning of the summer and lasts into the fall but, may
begin earlier if the temperature is unseasonably warmer than usual.
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